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TIL Some mines are set to explode in response to changes in magnetic and acoustic fields. Sailors on minesweepers are not allowed to have wire coat-hangers because they could kill their magnetic signature and set off a mine.

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R7DG8 TIL that a German football club was banned from playing for 12 months in 1934 for failing to give the Nazi salute at the start of a game.
AlK7 Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat, which were fed to the lions
a885N TIL that until 2001 it was legal for Austrian farmers from the Vorarlberg region, to blow up deceased cows on mountains. This was done to avoid transporting them by helicopter which would've cost about 1500$ more in today's money.
1WxW TIL that there is a cave in Turkey that was believed to be the “Gates of Hell”. It was given the name because the cave contains toxic gases that, if inhaled could kill you in an “instant”.
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